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Digital Nation (UK Film Council Funding Scheme)
''Digital Nation: Life On The Virtual Frontier'' is an interactive website and Frontline (U.S. TV series), Frontline documentary, first aired February 2, 2010, from Producer and Director Rachel Dretzin and correspondent Douglas Rushkoff. The website features segments from the film in production, blogs from the production team, and user-generated video and audio about experiences with technology. The documentary's premise is "to examine the risks and possibilities, myths and realities presented by the new digital culture we all inhabit" and "aims to capture life on the digital frontier and explore how the Web and digital media are changing the way we think, work, learn, and interact." ''Digital Nation'' has partnered with the Verizon Foundation to create this multiplatform initiative and is projected to air nationally on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in early 2010. Website and participation Recent features on the website include South Korea's professional online video ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frontline (U
Front line refers to the forward-most forces on a battlefield. Front line, front lines or variants may also refer to: Books and publications * ''Front Lines'' (novel), young adult historical novel by American author Michael Grant * ''Frontlines series'', a novel series by Marko Kloos * ''Frontline'' (journal), journal produced in support of the Scottish Socialist Party * ''Frontline'' (magazine), English-language Indian news magazine * ''Frontline Combat'', 1950s war comic anthology * ''Front Line'', fictional Marvel Comics newspaper that eventually replaced the ''Daily Bugle'' * '' Civil War: Front Line'', comic book series (2006–2007) Film and television Film * ''Front Line'' (film), 1981 documentary * ''The Front Line'' (2006 film), Irish thriller * ''The Front Line'' (2009 film), Italian crime drama * ''The Front Line'' (2011 film), Korean war drama Television * ''Frontline'' (Australian TV series), 1990s satirical series * ''Frontline'' (American TV program) , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danah Boyd
danah boyd (stylized in lowercase, born November 24, 1977 as Danah Michele Mattas) She noted her mother added lowercase 'h' in birth name "danah" for typographical balance, reflecting the lowercase first letter 'd' and later changed her last name to lowercase "boyd" in 2000. is a technology and social media scholar. She is a partner researcher at Microsoft Research, the founder and president of Data & Society Research Institute, and a visiting professor at New York University. Early life Boyd grew up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and Altoona, Pennsylvania. According to her website, she was born Danah Michele Mattas. After her parents' divorce, in 1982, she moved to York, Pennsylvania, with her mother and her brother. Her mother married again during danah's third grade and the family moved to Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She attended Manheim Township High School from 1992–1996. She used online discussions forums to escape from high school. She called Lancaster a "religious and con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noah Shachtman
Noah Shachtman is an American journalist, and musician. He is the editor-in-chief of ''Rolling Stone''. From 2018 to 2021, he served as the editor-in-chief of ''The Daily Beast''. He previously was the executive editor of the site. A former non-resident fellow at the Brookings Institution, he also worked as executive editor for News at ''Foreign Policy'' and as a contributing editor at ''Wired''. Early life and education Born to a Jewish family, Shachtman graduated from Georgetown University and attended the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Career In 2003, Shachtman founded Defensetech.org. The site was acquired by Military.com the following year. In 2006, he became a contributing editor at ''Wired''. He co-founded the Danger Room blog, which he won the 2007 Online Journalism Award for Beat Reporting and the 2012 National Magazine Award for reporting in digital media. Shachtman left ''Wired'' to join ''Foreign Policy'' in 2013. He joined ''The Daily Beast'' as its new execu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Rosedale
Philip Rosedale (born September 29, 1968) is an American entrepreneur who founded Linden Lab, which develops and hosts the virtual world ''Second Life''. Biography Early life Rosedale was born in San Diego, California, in 1968. He took an interest in computers, technology, and virtual reality from an early age. He started his own company selling database systems to small businesses at 17, used the proceeds to fund his college education and ultimately earned a Bachelor of Science degree in physics and computer science from the University of California, San Diego. Career In 1995, Rosedale created an Internet video conferencing product (called "FreeVue"), which was later acquired by RealNetworks, where (in 1996) he went on to become vice president and chief technology officer.http://lindenlab.com/about/management#rosedale Linden Lab profile of Rosedale A year later Rosedale left RealNetworks and founded Linden Lab, named after a street in Hayes Valley (a neighborhood in San Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Prensky
Marc Prensky (born March 15, 1946, New York City, United States) is an American writer and speaker on education. He is best known as the creator of the terms "Digital native" and " digital immigrant" which he described in a 2001 article in "On the Horizon". Prensky holds degrees from Oberlin College (1966), Middlebury College (MA, 1967), Yale University (1968) and the Harvard Business School (1980). He is the author of seven books: ''Digital Game-Based Learning'' (McGraw-Hill 2001), ''Don't Bother Me Mom – I'm Learning'' (Paragon House 2006), ''Teaching Digital Natives'' (Corwin Press 2010), From Digital Natives to Digital Wisdom: Hopeful Essays for 21st Century Learning (2012), Brain Gain: Technology and the Quest for Digital Wisdom (2012), The World Needs a New Curriculum (The Global Future Education Foundation, 2014), Education To Better Their World: Unleashing the power of 21st century kids (Teachers College Press, 2016) and 100 essays on learning and education. Prensk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clifford Nass
Clifford Ivar Nass (April 3, 1958 – November 2, 2013) was a professor of communications, communication at Stanford University, co-creator of ''The Media Equation'' theory, and a renowned authority on Human Computer Interaction, human-computer interaction (HCI). He was also known for his work on individual differences associated with media multitasking. Nass was the Thomas M. Storke Professor at Stanford and held courtesy appointments in Computer Science, Education, Law, and Sociology. He was also affiliated with the programs in Symbolic Systems and Science, Technology, and Society. Nass was the director of thCommunication between Humans and Interactive Media(CHIMe) Lab, co-director of Kozmetsky Global Collaboratory (KGC) and its Real-time Venture Design Laboratory (ReVeL), and a co-founder of TeachAids. Early life and education Nass was born in Jersey City, New Jersey and raised in Teaneck, New Jersey, Teaneck, the son of Florence and Jules Nass. His parents formed New Jersey's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloria Mark
Gloria Janet Mark is an American psychologist. She is Chancellor's professor in the Department of Informatics at University of California, Irvine. Gloria Mark's CV; accessed March 26, 2018 She is the author of the forthcoming book, '' Attention span, Attention Span'''','' has published over 200 scientific research articles Gloria Mark's Bio; accessed March 26, 2018 and is noted for her research on |
Henry Jenkins
Henry Jenkins III (born June 4, 1958) is an American media scholar and Provost Professor of Communication, Journalism, and Cinematic Arts, a joint professorship at the University of Southern California (USC) Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and the USC School of Cinematic Arts. He also has a joint faculty appointment with the USC Rossier School of Education. Previously, Jenkins was the Peter de Florez Professor of Humanities as well as co-founder and co-director (with William Uricchio) of the Comparative Media Studies program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He has also served on the technical advisory board at ZeniMax Media, parent company of video game publisher Bethesda Softworks. In 2013, he was appointed to the board that selects the prestigious Peabody Award winners. Jenkins has authored and co-authored over a dozen books including ''By Any Media Necessary: The New Youth Activism'' (2016), ''Spreadable Media: Creating Value and Meaning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Paul Gee
James Gee (; born April 15, 1948) is a retired American researcher who has worked in psycholinguistics, discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, bilingual education, and literacy. Gee most recently held the position as the Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor of Literacy Studies at Arizona State University, originally appointed there in the Mary Lou Fulton Institute and Graduate School of Education. Gee has previously been a faculty affiliate of the Games, Learning, and Society group at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and is a member of the National Academy of Education. Biography James Paul Gee was born in San Jose, California. He received his B.A. in philosophy from the University of California at Santa Barbara and both his M.A. and Ph.D in linguistics from Stanford University. He started his career in theoretical linguistics, working in syntactic and semantic theory, and taught initially at Stanford University and later in the School of Language and Communication at Hampsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arne Duncan
Arne Starkey Duncan (born November 6, 1964) is an American educator who served as United States Secretary of Education from 2009 to 2015 and as Chief Executive Officer of Chicago Public Schools from 2001 to 2008. A lifelong resident of Chicago, Duncan is the founder of Create Real Economic Destiny (CRED), a non-profit aimed at reducing gun violence. During Duncan's tenure as Secretary of Education, he was a key figure in the Presidency of Barack Obama, Obama administration's development of Common Core, a set of nationwide educational standards. This made him a controversial figure among those who opposed the federal government's taking on a stronger role in education policy. Arne Duncan is currently a senior fellow at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and a board member for Communities In Schools and Community X. Early life Duncan was raised in Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park, a Chicago neighborhood encompassing the University of Chicago. He is the son of Sus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Collier
Anne Collier (born Los Angeles, 1970) is an American visual artist working with appropriated photographic images. Describing Collier's work in ''Frieze'' art magazine, writer Brian Dillon said, "Collier uncouples the machinery of appropriation so that her found images seem weightless, holding their obvious meaning in abeyance." Writing in ''The New York Times'', Karen Rosenberg said "Anne Collier’s photographs of vintage books, album covers, posters and other ephemera, taken in an antiseptic white studio, look studiously detached at first. But after some time they reveal themselves as sensitive and involved responses to an earlier generation's visual culture." Education and career In 1993, Anne Collier received her BFA from the California Institute of the Arts, in Valencia, California. In 2001 Collier received her MFA at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She currently lives and works in New York City. She is currently represented by Anton Kern Gallery in New York ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
